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The ''Journal'' traces its history back to the foundation of the weekly ''Mendocino Democrat'' in 1868 by Alex Montgomery.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kDFEAQAAMAAJ&dq=Peabody%20&%20Sefton%20dispatch%20mendocino&pg=PA72#v=onepage&q=Peabody%20&%20Sefton%20dispatch%20mendocino&f=false|title=History of Mendocino and Lake Counties, California|last=Carpenter|first=Aurelius O.|last2=Millberry|first2=Percy H.|date=|publisher=Historic Record Company|year=1914|isbn=|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eMoPo5ce3IIC&dq=dispatch%20democrat%20mendocino&pg=PA1239#v=onepage&q=dispatch%20democrat%20mendocino&f=false|title=History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Coast Counties, California: An Historical Story of the State's Marvelous Growth from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time|last=Guinn|first=James Miller|date=1902|publisher=Chapman Publishing Company|language=en}}</ref> It was later consolidated with the ''Weekly Dispatch'' (founded in 1873), under the ownership of Peabody and A.W. Sefton.<ref name=":1" /> In 1898, J. B. Sanford purchased the paper, and in 1913 took on partner E. P. Thurston, who managed many of the day-to-day operations.<ref name=":1" /> Thurston would edit and publish the paper for 36 years, eventually selling it to Ben Cober.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25109192/daily_journal/|title=Ukiah Daily Journal|last=|first=|date=30 March 1997|work=Ukiah Daily Journal|access-date=}}</ref>
From 1936 to 1939 it was a daily without Sundays, but reverted to a semi-weekly for financial reasons. This was the ''Dispatch Democrat'' owned by Mr. Cober. In 1949, Cober bought the ''Ukiah Republican Press'' and created the combined ''Redwood Journal-Press-Dispatch'', issuing the first issue under the ''Daily
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